Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Set 8517, April 2015
In service November 1978 –
Number built 54 vehicles (9 sets)
Number in service 24 vehicles (4 sets)
Number scrapped 30 vehicles (5 sets)
Formation 6 cars per set
Fleet numbers 8501-8517
Operator(s) Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s) Kunugiyama
Line(s) served Shin-Keisei Line, Keisei Chiba Line
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Doors 3 pairs per side
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead wire
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Shin-Keisei 8000 series (新京成8000形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since 1978.

Formations

As of 1 April 2014, the fleet consists of four six-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with four motored (M) intermediate cars and two driving trailer (Tc) cars, formed as shown below, with the odd-numbered Tc car at the Tsudanuma end.[1]

Designation Tc M1 M2 M1 M2 Tc
Numbering 85xx 80xx 80xx 80xx 80xx 85xx

History

The first set introduced in December 1978.[2] Eight more sets were introduced between 1979 and 1985.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 25. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
  2. ↑ 歴史年表1970年 - 1979年 [Chronology 1970 - 1979]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 歴史年表1980年 - 1989年 [Chronology 1980 - 1989]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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